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John Becker #4
Into the Fire
On medical leave, former FBI agent John Becker receives anonymous, coded messages from a fiendish inmate of a maximum-security prison who wangles a deal for freedom with Becker's obnoxious superior, Hatcher. By the author of The Edge of Sleep.
317 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1994
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David Wiltse
50 books32 followersDavid Wiltse was born in 1940 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska and currently lives in a small town in Connecticut. He has written plays for stage, screen and television and won a Drama Desk award for most promising playwright for Suggs (first produced at Lincoln Center in 1972). Always popular with Bookhaunts readers, his novels include the John Becker Novels and Billy Tree/Falls City Novels.
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February 23, 2021
“La inocencia se merecía ser protegida, no podía ser confiada a la bestia famélica. “
John Becker un reconocido agente del FBI que está alejado de sus funciones. Un día recibe una carta misteriosa de un recluso quien le habla de un asesino en serie que está suelto. Aunque no quiere involucrarse en el caso, lo obligan a entrevistarse con el presidario. Después de este acercamiento, Becker decide no tener más contacto con nada que tenga que ver con los delincuentes.
Por otro lado tenemos a Aural, una chica valiente que no le aguanta maltratos a los hombres, y tiene la mala suerte de elegir a aquellos que no le suman nada.
También tenemos al reverendo Tommy R. Walker quien engaña a los feligreses con trucos de sanidad para hacerse más popular y ganar más dinero.
Las tres historias independientes al principio, se unen poco a poco para adentrarnos en un caso escalofriante.
En lo personal me gustó mucho la historia. Es el cuarto libro de la serie “John Becker” y puede leerse sin haber leído los libros anteriores.
“ ...descubrió lo que tenía en común con los hombres a quienes cazaba. Sentía que era lo mismo que ellos, salvo que él tenía licencia para cazar. Sus víctimas era despreciadas por la sociedad y él era aplaudido...”
John Becker un reconocido agente del FBI que está alejado de sus funciones. Un día recibe una carta misteriosa de un recluso quien le habla de un asesino en serie que está suelto. Aunque no quiere involucrarse en el caso, lo obligan a entrevistarse con el presidario. Después de este acercamiento, Becker decide no tener más contacto con nada que tenga que ver con los delincuentes.
Por otro lado tenemos a Aural, una chica valiente que no le aguanta maltratos a los hombres, y tiene la mala suerte de elegir a aquellos que no le suman nada.
También tenemos al reverendo Tommy R. Walker quien engaña a los feligreses con trucos de sanidad para hacerse más popular y ganar más dinero.
Las tres historias independientes al principio, se unen poco a poco para adentrarnos en un caso escalofriante.
En lo personal me gustó mucho la historia. Es el cuarto libro de la serie “John Becker” y puede leerse sin haber leído los libros anteriores.
“ ...descubrió lo que tenía en común con los hombres a quienes cazaba. Sentía que era lo mismo que ellos, salvo que él tenía licencia para cazar. Sus víctimas era despreciadas por la sociedad y él era aplaudido...”
April 1, 2008
I wasn't super impressed with this one. I just felt like I had to finish it, so I did.
November 25, 2024
FBI Agent John Becker has finally found peace. Haunted by his history of catching the worst of the worst, the serial killers that killed multiple times, he is not working these days. In his mind, he is done with the Bureau. But they insist this is an extended health leave. John lives with Karen, another FBI agent and her son. He cooks, plays with the son and lives a life free of stress and horror.
But a former supervisor shows up with the case of two women found in caves, their bodies tortured. One is the niece of a Senator so the FBI wants the case solved. John refuses but the man threatens Karen's career and transfers her instead to the serial killer unit. Blackmailed, John agrees to work the case.
He has been getting anonymous letters from a prisoner and he goes to see him. Becker hears a tale of a cellmate who brags about killing multiple people, men and women, young and old. The man, Cooper, is a thug and barely above the line in intelligence. He has spent his life bulling through, taking what he wants and using his size and strength whenever he meets resistance.
When Becker goes to find him, he meets a female agent who he requests for the case. He doesn't talk to her much and explains even less. Eventually he tells her he requested her because she still has the innocence of a new agent and he needs that counterbalance to his cynicism and his feeling that he has become too much like the men he chases. Can he find the killer?
David Wiltse is an author and playwright. His books about FBI agent John Becker are some of the scariest and most tense psychological thrillers I've read. Becker is a tortured soul who unfortunately is the best the FBI has but he feels that he does the work at the expense of his sanity and that each case brings him closer to there being no difference between the hunter and the prey. This book is recommended for thriller readers.
But a former supervisor shows up with the case of two women found in caves, their bodies tortured. One is the niece of a Senator so the FBI wants the case solved. John refuses but the man threatens Karen's career and transfers her instead to the serial killer unit. Blackmailed, John agrees to work the case.
He has been getting anonymous letters from a prisoner and he goes to see him. Becker hears a tale of a cellmate who brags about killing multiple people, men and women, young and old. The man, Cooper, is a thug and barely above the line in intelligence. He has spent his life bulling through, taking what he wants and using his size and strength whenever he meets resistance.
When Becker goes to find him, he meets a female agent who he requests for the case. He doesn't talk to her much and explains even less. Eventually he tells her he requested her because she still has the innocence of a new agent and he needs that counterbalance to his cynicism and his feeling that he has become too much like the men he chases. Can he find the killer?
David Wiltse is an author and playwright. His books about FBI agent John Becker are some of the scariest and most tense psychological thrillers I've read. Becker is a tortured soul who unfortunately is the best the FBI has but he feels that he does the work at the expense of his sanity and that each case brings him closer to there being no difference between the hunter and the prey. This book is recommended for thriller readers.
January 30, 2018
4th. Not as good as the first three.
December 21, 2018
Really entertaining.
August 5, 2012
It was ok but it not was that good, I think that Becker is the classic antihero that has his dark side, this devil inside his soul that no one can reach or understand and in the same time he has a lot of fears that on my way of looking at it just doesn't fit with the brilliant mind of a psycho the plot was quite interesting because it made me think about the different ways our human instinct have to shine and control all of our actions but the ending was quite predictable and cliched in a lot of aspects.
April 19, 2014
This book differed from its predecessors a bit. It circled around about 4 characters and it did not come together until after I read half of the book. Still a good thriller.
Spoilers:
I didn't enjoy Becker's infidelity. Karen's a super bitch anyways, just stay single if you're going to bone everybody.
I liked that the title of the book tied to the demise of the murderer but as well as to Becker's decision to give into his dark side.
Spoilers:
I didn't enjoy Becker's infidelity. Karen's a super bitch anyways, just stay single if you're going to bone everybody.
I liked that the title of the book tied to the demise of the murderer but as well as to Becker's decision to give into his dark side.
July 13, 2018
La lectura es rápida, con las palabras adecuadas para comprender el mensaje. Me parecería interesante para analizar psicológicamente a los personajes, creo que en la lectura se pueden comprender los móviles de las personas para ser como son, bastantes sorpresas se dan en la lectura al descubrir más y más la mente de los personajes, con acciones inesperadas pero justificadas.
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